Mozambique Flood Case Study

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When did it happen?
February and March 200
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PHYSICAL CAUSES How much rain fell?
1163mm compared to an average of 177
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PHYSICAL CAUSES Which storm hit Mozambique and when?
Cyclone Eline on the 22nd of February
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PHYSICAL CAUSES What happened to water levels?
Rose from 4m to 8m in 5 days
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PHYSICAL CAUSES How much rainfall did Maputo recieve?
455 in 3 days
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PHYSICAL CAUSES What happened in the Limpopo and Incomti rivers?
8m high waves rushed down them from Zimbabwe to Mozambique
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What are the human causes?
No major flood prevention, urbanization, destruction of grasslands (normally soak up some water), Kariba dam was opened
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PRIMARY EFFECTS How many schools shut? And how many students did this leave without a classroom?
630 which left 214,000 students and teachers withouth classrooms
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PRIMARY EFFECTS What happened to electicity supplies?
They were disrupted
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PRIMARY EFFECTS How many were forced to flee their homes?
Tens of thousands
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PRIMARY EFFECTS What was destroyed?
Roads, homes, bridges, health units, electicity supplies, schools and crops
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PRIMARY EFFECTS How many health units were destroyed?
42
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What are the secondary effects?
the UN says 150,000 people are in danger because of lack of food and diseases, families were hit by outbreaks of dysentery, water receded only to leave dead bodies behind, 90% of the countrys irragation system was damaged, loss of agriculture
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SHORT TERM RESPONSES How many people were evacuated?
100,000
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SHORT TERM RESPONSES The world food programme....
had 8,000 tonnes of food stock
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SHORT TERM RESPONSES How many planes and helicopters were used to distribute supplies?
41 helicopters and 15 planes
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SHORT TERM RESPONSES How much did Britain donate? And what was is for?
£5.8million to cancel out Mozambique debts
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SHORT TERM RESPONSES Who coordinated relief?
The UN and the mozambique government
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What were the long term effects of the flood?
seed was given t farmers so they could replant crops, $65million asked for by the government for repair, UN appealed for £9.1 million to be donated in aid
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